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Australian insurers lick Q1 investment wounds worth A$10.8bn
28 May 2020Regulator praises industry for deferring dividends, or re-stocking with capital raisings
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China Taiping Insurance looks to new life for Singapore unit
04 February 2020A prudent increase in risk-taking and more US dollar investments are on the cards as China Taiping Insurance Singapore continues its transformation from a general underwriter to a composite, David Walker reports
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Japan's insurers in small minority on stewardship code
30 December 2019However affiliated managers are aplenty on signatory roster
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Nine insurers amongst 164 firms in Japanese TCFD consortium
03 June 2019Three affiliated asset managers also in the group
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Japanese insurers get to grips with ESG
01 April 2019Three major Japanese insurers – Tokio Marine Group, MS&AD Insurance Group, and Nippon Life Insurance – are beginning to integrate climate risks and environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their strategies, each with its own focus area. Elena K. Johansson reports.
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Brexit plans fuel Luxembourg fund industry growth
24 January 2019More than half of newly licensed financial services companies are ‘Brexit relocations’
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UN’s environmental agency launches insurers group
13 November 2018To develop climate risk assessment tools
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Dai-Ichi Life Insurance anchors global infrastructure debt fund
07 November 2018Japanese insurer to invest an initial ¥20bn in debt platform with plans to use it to originate primary debt
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World's top insurers stalling on climate change drive
24 May 2018While insurers are increasingly acute to environmental risks which might impact both sides of their balance sheet, new research has found that their investment strategies are not in line with the Paris Agreement. The research was published the same week Royal Dutch Shell held its AGM and shareholders, including some large insurers, were asked to vote on a climate resolution. Did they stand up to the test? Paul Walsh and Vincent Huck report
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IFoA supports climate risk reporting initiative
10 February 2017Recommends FSB creates a standing committee to engage with authorities and asset owners